Axis of Evil gets New Spin: Canada & Iran

Opinion
Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor 

As I surmised in my many previous stories, that Iran may not be quite the Axis of Evil politicians are making it out to be.  Again, it seem age old political posturing from politicians from (USA, Iran and Israel) reliving the glory days, when the Cold war, the Shah, Iran-Iraq war, Russian-Afghanistan conflict and other fear mongering world discourse made these politicians relevant. Today it seems they are looking for a fight, a fight where fisticuffs between old political hardliners in comfy chairs are shaking their fists at American, Canadian and Iranian businessmen for conducting business as usual.  Businessmen from all three countries who seem to be saying, look what happened 30 years ago in Iran is old news, global economy is where it's at, theres' money in them thar hills, people to see, world markets to conquer, alliances to be made, the average American, Canadian, Iranian as a peoples don't seem to have any problems getting along, so perhaps, just perhaps you politicians should lay down your "Sippy cups, take a Prozac and Chill. " 

http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Kaufmann_Bill/2008/07/18/6194071-sun.php

Fri, July 18, 2008

What's in an Axis of Evil tag?

For one thing, a finger-wagging phone call from Washington's U.S. embassy responding to the audacity of a Calgary-based oil and gas producer's signing a business agreement with Iran.

It was 2002 and Dario Sodero's Sheer Energy Inc. had inked a deal with Iran's national petroleum company to develop the fabulously rich Masji-e Soleiman oilfield.

"Two days later, we got a call from the U.S. ambassador basically saying we shouldn't be there," says Sodero, president of Sheer's successor, Cygam Energy Inc.

"We basically told them we were doing things in compliance with what the Canadian government was allowing and it was none of their business."